For any of you on a strict diet, trying to exercise and lose weight, I’m right there with you. It’s a recurring theme here on the Itch to Beat Psoriasis to address hypertension, high cholesterol and triglycerides, and...

World Psoriasis Day 2013 is on October 29th this year. After looking around the web a bit, I pulled together a couple of resources you can look into to participate in the day. I just finished up a grueling few weeks and am...

Life is moving at the proverbial speed of light. We’re in the midst of all that goes into relocating, including selling the house, transitioning between jobs, and looking at where to settle down in our new locale. Why...

Exercise. That one word elicits a whole host of responses. When I’m tired the word gives me a long face. When I weigh myself, I feel guilty I haven’t done more of it. When my peers are running marathons or waking...

Psoriasis pet peeves. I’ve experienced a few, such as when people try to take advantage of my skin condition to sell me a product. Here’s another one: when people say psoriasis is only a skin rash. For...

I knew it when I saw my dermatologist a couple weeks ago. My treatment is working. I’ve hit the sweet spot of my treatment cycle with Neoral (cyclosporine). I found a dose that controls much of my psoriasis with few...

I have a number of psoriasis pet peeves. A pet peeve is “a source of continual annoyance” or “a frequent subject of complaint” according to definitions I found online. Having chronic, often annoying, itchy, sore,...

It’s just about the end of Psoriasis Awareness Month already! It turned out to be a very busy month for me personally, including a trip to the UK for a conference and sightseeing in London with my wife. I monitored...

As you may know already August is psoriasis awareness month. When I think of psoriasis awareness I tend think about how to let others know about psoriasis. For years I hid the fact I have severe psoriasis. Few of my...

It feels just like yesterday my daughter walked at her high school graduation in May. The summer has flown by. Now it is August, and Psoriasis Awareness Month is upon us. How much do you know about psoriasis? How...

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Howard Chang

Rev. Howard Chang has lived with severe psoriasis and eczema for more than 35 years, since childhood. In addition to actively blogging and tweeting about skin-related concerns, he volunteers for the National...read more